Tag Archives: Cyrus

Movie Review: ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Grace Suh

Jeff is a jobless 30-year-old slacker man-child who does indeed live in the basement of his mother’s house. He is an expert at marijuana smoke rings, daytime television and pickup basketball but whines and protests when asked to perform a … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: ‘Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer’

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

As technology gets smaller and cheaper, making films is getting easier and easier. But in a market lousy with low-budget indies, it’s not always easy to score well known actors. This wasn’t a problem for Mark Vadik. The writer/director of Cyrus: … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Inception’ Wins The Weekend

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Cerebral movie lovers can rejoice.  Christopher Nolan’s Inception handily won at the box office over the weekend, raking in over $60 Million. The film made over $3 Million on midnight showings Thursday night, and netted $20 Million on Friday, a … Continue reading →

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Indie Review: ‘Cyrus’

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Grace Suh

Cyrus is the kind of independent movie that makes me love independent movies, so it might seem paradoxical that I don’t want to write this review. I just want to tell you to go directly to your nearest theater and … Continue reading →

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Box Office: Not Despicable At All

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Animated films are having a pretty stellar summer. This weekend, Toy Story 3 just became the highest grossing Pixar film of all time (surpassing Finding Nemo.)   Illumination Entertainment just released their first film, Despicable Me, and cleaned up at … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Eclipse’ Leads an Explosive Weekend

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Shannon Hood

*Note: this column was written on Sunday, so four-day totals that include Monday’s receipts will differ from these numbers. It was no surprise that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse dominated the weekend box office. The film made $69 Million over the … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Cyrus’

Posted on June 19, 2010 by The Flickcast

By Shannon Hood Reprinted from the SXSW Film Festival, 3/17/2010 Mark and Jay Duplass caused a bit of a commotion at Sundance and SXSW in 2005 when their feature film The Puffy Chair debuted to rave reviews and serious buzz. … Continue reading →

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SXSW Interview: ‘Cyrus’ Directors Mark and Jay Duplass

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Shannon Hood

In the past week, I got a chance to sit down and talk to Mark and Jay Duplass about their movie Cyrus with a handful of journalists at the SXSW Film Festival.  Cyrus stars Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, … Continue reading →

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